Three-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar has withdrawn from the road race at the Paris Olympics. The decision came Monday, a day after he became the first rider to win the Tour and the Giro d’Italia in the same season in nearly three decades. The Slovenian Olympic Team announced Pogacar had withdrawn from the Aug. 3 road race due to fatigue.
Tour de France winner Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 33.7 kilometers with start in Monaco and finish in Nice, France, Sunday, July 21, 2024. Tour de France winner Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar , wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 33.
“Unfortunately, Tadej Pogacar will not be among ,” the Slovenian team said in a statement. “He will be replaced by national team colleague Domen Novak. We wish Domen all the best and success.”“Once again,” the Slovenia team said, “congratulations to the Tour de France winner for his third victory in the world’s most prestigious cycling race, and we hope he rests well and prepares for his next races.
Pogacar capped his dominance by winning the time trial Sunday for his 17th career stage win. He finished more than six minutes ahead of Vingegaard overall and more than nine ahead of third-place Remco Evenepoel, one of the Olympic favorites.
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